Abraham journeys three days from Beersheva or Garet to Mt.
Moriah in Jerusalem to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice in obedience to
God's command. God provides a substitute. (Genesis 22, Hebrews 11:8-19)

Mt. Moriah is the site of the Temple Mount.

c. 2360/
c. 1400 BCE

Joshua

After setting up the Ark at Shiloh
near Shechem (Nablus), Joshua launches foray into Jerusalem. (Joshua 10:23,
15:63)

c. 2760/
c. 1000 BCE

David

David conquers Jebusite stronghold of
Zion, builds city f David south of Temple Mount, reigns 33 years in Jerusalem
after 7-year reign at Hebron. (2 Samuel 5:1-15)

David returns
Ark to Jerusalem and places it in Tabernacle of Moses erected there. (2
Samuel 6:1-18, 1 Chronicles 15:1-16:43). David plans First Temple, but not
permitted to build it. (2 Samuel 7:1-17)

David purchases Threshing Floor of Araunah, site of First Temple and erects
altar of sacrifice on Mt. Moriah. (2 Samuel 24:1-25 1 Chronicles 21:1-22:5)

Solomon, with help of Hiram
of Tyre and 183,600 workers, builds the First Temple and Royal Palace using
local limestone, cedar from Lebanon and great amounts of gold and silver.
(Temple built in seven years.) (1 Kings 5-9, 2 Chronicles 2)

Ezekiel receives a vision from God describing in detail
the great Temple to be built during the reign of the Messiah in an age which
is yet to come. (Ezekiel 40-48)

c. 3219/
c. 541 BCE

Zerubbabel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
(Esther)

First Jews return from Babylon in small numbers to rebuild
the city and its walls. 70 years of exile terminated. (Daniel 9, Haggai
2:18-19)

Second Temple built despite fierce opposition and delays,
beginning with erection of an altar of sacrifice on Mt. Moriah. Temple completed
after 15-year delay in 515 BCE.

c. 3428/
c. 332 BCE

Alexander the Great (Daniel 8:21-23, 11:2-4)

Priests
from Jerusalem meet invading army of Alexander and dissuade him from destroying
Jerusalem by showing him Scriptures that predict his rise to power. After
the death of Alexander a series of wars between Syria and Egypt subject
the Holy Land to multiple distresses. (Daniel 9:24-27, 11:1-35; Zechariah
9:1-10; Josephus)

Jesus tempted by the devil on the pinnacle
of the temple, (Luke 4:1-12). Jesus casts out money changers from the temple
early in his ministry (John 2:13-16), and again three years later. During
his final week of life before the resurrection, he taught in the temple
courts and confronted the crowds and Pharisees there. Jesus predicts destruction
of the Second Temple. (Matthew 21ff, Mark 11, Luke 19, John 12)

c. 3793-3795/
c. 33-35 CE

Peter
John

Jesus leaves his disciples 40 days after the resurrection,
ascending from the Mount of Olives. (Acts 1:1-6, John 20-21, 1 Corinthians
15:1-8)

Followers of Jesus gathered in Temple Courts 10 days later
on Pentecost Sunday, experience coming of the Spirit of God to give birth
to the Church of Jesus Christ. Peter preaches to the crowds and many are
healed. (Acts 1ff)

c. 3793-3795/
c. 33-35 CE

Stephen

Martyrdom of
Stephen on the Temple Mount, Saul of Tarsus consenting. (Acts 6-7).

c. 3822/
c. 62 CE

James the Just
John (d. 100 CE)

Christians driven from Jerusalem by persecution.

James, brother of Jesus and leader of the Church in Jerusalem, martyred
by being thrown from the pinnacle of the Temple Mount.